You call me
courageous,
I who grew up
gnawing on books,
as some kids
gnaw
on bubble gum,who married disastrously
not once
but three times,
yet have a lovely daughter
I would not undo
for all the dope
in California.Fear was my element,
fear my contagion.
I swam in it
till I became
immune.
The plane takes off
& I laugh aloud.
Call me courageous.I am still alive.
courageous,
I who grew up
gnawing on books,
as some kids
gnaw
on bubble gum,who married disastrously
not once
but three times,
yet have a lovely daughter
I would not undo
for all the dope
in California.Fear was my element,
fear my contagion.
I swam in it
till I became
immune.
The plane takes off
& I laugh aloud.
Call me courageous.I am still alive.
